This looks like a fucking parody post, or an edgy edit, but it’s 100% official real Flintstones.
Clarification: I don’t hate this book, I love it, it’s amazing. It’s just that taking a step back and looking it out of context is still really funny. Especially the line “We participated in a genocide, Barney.”
ok but imagine them in their cartoon forms saying this dialogue i’m
can we have some context to this, perhaps?
Bedrock is having a mayoral election. One of the candidates is a violent war mongering asshole that riles people up against the lizard people. This reminds Fred and Barney of their time in the army.
Back then the father of said violent candidate was riling people up against the “tree people”. Fred, Barney, and other soldiers fought what they believed to be a defensive measure against the tree people. Turns out, it was actually an invasion, in order to kill off the tree people and take over their forest to build Bedrock.
That’s what Fred means when he says he and Barney participated in a genocide. They literally did.
(Extra fun fact, Barney adopted a tree person baby after the war, and his son Bamm-Bamm is the last tree person.)
Found a book that summarizes literature and literary figures in text form, and the Byron one might be the best thing to ever happen.
I’ve seen posts joking about how hard it must be to guess what internet culture is next going to find funny. As if to prove the point, here we see tumblr taking a break from Cask of Amontillado references to return to its intermittent habit of dragging Lord Byron.
Good luck, viral advertisers!
dragging lord bryon is the best and most worthy pastime
I believe this book is TEXTS FROM JANE EYRE by Mallory Ortberg, who is an American treasure.
She once did a piece when she was an editor of The Toast called “Dirtbag Beowulf,” which is a constant source of inspiration to me.
the phrase “the hets are at it again” isn’t really that accurate b/c they’re basically always at it? they never stop or rest? just. there they are. always at it. being unnecessary. the rascals
you know what’s probably more fun than playing chess? cheating at chess
“ohhh would you look at that, my pawns found jesus and now they’re all bishops”
“so i realize it looks like i’m putting a thimble on the board but actually my rooks have been using their downtime to build another rook, one that’s better, stronger, faster—”
“hey welcome back. while you left to get a snack, those six pieces you’d captured slipped their guards, tunneled to safety and emerged right in the middle of your royal palace.”
“oof, looks like you’ve got my king cornered…maybe this is a good time to mention that shortly before we started playing, my pawns and knights revolted and instituted a representative democracy. feel free to kill the puppet ruler that was the one remaining vestige of our tyranny, you cringing servant of the crown. vive la revolution!”
did you mean Mornington Crescent
If you’ve never seen this video, WATCH IT!
this is the best video I have ever seen in my entire life holy fuck
THIS VIDEO MADE ME SO MAD I WAS EXPECTING SOME GREAT NEW STRATEGY
It’s not an accident that we’re sending kids out of school with no concept of how to vote, or even how to register in the first place. Keeping youth ignorant is a very purposeful thought out process that results in generations that feel disenfranchised and powerless and who in turn grow up to not feel like their involvement with politics matters anyway.
It’s not your fault they didn’t teach you. But you can learn on your own, by your specific state, from How To Vote In Every State. Each video goes over the different requirements for voting in each state and includes helpful links like sample ballots you can fill out at home to use as reference when you go to vote.
You cannot vote online, anything you’re seeing that says you can is either intended as a parody or is an outright lie to prevent people from going to the polls to skew the election.
Some states have banned campaign clothing from voting locations entirely. This could include anything from hats to buttons to water-bottles. If you’re not sure what the laws in your state are, it’s better to not wear anything campaign related to vote. You may be asked to turn shirts inside-out, or wear a jacket to cover slogans, put hats away or remove buttons from your bag/clothing/whatever. It’s honestly probably just easier not to wear anything campaign related and save yourself a potential hassle.
If you have difficulty remembering things, or get nervous/stressed under pressure, you can totally bring some note cards with you as a way to keep track of what and who you want to vote for.
A lot of people feel like they’re being tested when they go into vote and get freaked out but you’re free to bring notes in, or even fill out a sample ballot exactly how you want to fill out the official one and refer to it. Some places might not approve of using electronic notes on your phone and stuff like that, so it’s better to air on the side of caution and use paper notes or bring both forms to be safe.
You also don’t have to fill out an entire ballot for it to be counted. If there’s something specific to you locally you aren’t sure of, haven’t heard of, or don’t understand completely, you do not need to fill those portions out for your presidential vote to count. It’s great if you research ahead of time what local stuff is going to be up for votes but if there’s just something you don’t know or understand your ballot won’t be discounted because you didn’t check off every single item. You can fill out any part of the ballot that you want, however much or little that is.
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